Some people have thrown Pride items on the floor, Target spokesperson Kayla Castaneda told Reuters. The company told the Wall Street Journal that people have confronted workers in stores, knocked down Pride merchandise displays and put threatening posts on social media with video from inside stores. “Our focus now is on moving forward with our continuing commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community and standing with them as we celebrate Pride Month and throughout the year,” Target said in a statement Wednesday. “Pride Month at Target is a time of affirmation and solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community,” the company says on its website. The company runs advertisements to appeal to LGBTQ customers and employees, and it sells t-shirts, coffee mugs and merchandise with rainbow flags and other symbols of gay rights. Target said it removed from shelves “items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior.”įor a decade, Target has celebrated Pride Month in and around June. The company said threats against employees impacted their sense of safety and well-being, but Target did not specify which products it was removing, the nature of the threats, or where they occurred. Target on Wednesday said it was removing some products that celebrate Pride Month after the company and its employes became the focus of a “volatile” anti-LGBTQ campaign.
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